Power machine



sept. 9, 1930.

R. C. SIMMONS POWER MACHINE F'led D'eC. 14, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 23 v Inventor Ra /lo/I C'. 5/'mmons By W Attorney Sept. 9, 1930. R, Q SIMMQNS 1,775,258

POWER MACHINE Filed Dec. 14,l 1929 2 sheets-sheet 2 Inventor a/p C Timmons A Homey Patented Sept. 9, 1930 RALPI-IC. SIMMONS, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON' POWER MACHINE Application-,filed Decemberrll, 1929. Serialv No. 414,203.

My invention relates toI power machines andicertain objectsy of the inventiony are to provide a turbine driven machine having a system of gears so. arranged that a gain in poweris accomplished by the driven elements o verthe driving elements. p Further objects oftheiinvention: arel to provide a power machinecovmprising. novel details of construction and arrangement as Vhereinafter set forth'. Y l t With the above and other objectsin view whichv will1 appear as the description proceeds, the vinvention consists of the novel construction, adaptation, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described andclaimed. These objects are accomplished bydevices illustrated in the accompanying drawings; wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of the machine with a--portion of the housingy broken away; Fig. 2 is 'a view in central vertical section taken substantially on a broken line 2, 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation; Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation; Fig. 5 is a detail view partly in vertical section and partly in elevation and showing one of the nozzles in its relation with one of the turbine wheels;

Fig. 6 is a view in central vertical section of the rotary coupling taken on a broken line 6, 6 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 7 is a view in perspective oit' a lubricator splash paddle.

Referring to the drawings throughout which like reference numerals designate like parts, the numeral 5 indicates a power storage tank which may contain compressed air, steam or water. This power medium passes 40 from the storage tank through a pipe 6 and may be controlled by a valve 7 Said pipe is provided at its lower end with a T-joint 8 having pipes 9 extending in opposite directions from either end thereof.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 6 of the drawings7 the T-joint 8 is connected to the pipe 6 by means of a rotary coupling comprising a female member 10 threaded onto the lower end of said pipe and a male bushing member 11 threaded into the lower end of said female member with the upper flange end 12 of said T-joint interposed between said bushing and female member whereby the T-joint may revolve freely as willbe understood,

The outer'endsvof the'pipes 9 are-thread- 55 edly connected to elbows 13 each of which is threadedly provided with a discharge nozzle 14. `The outlet for each nozzle is directed against the' teeth 15 of turbine wheels 16; Saidfturbines are preferably made ofthreeply metal discs "riveted together with said teeth formedon the middledisc as most' clearlyshown in4 Figs. 1 and 2 'of the drawings.

The' turbinel wheels 16 are each keyed to the ends of a shaftf17 and a gear 18 is ykeyed to anend portion of` saidshaft. Said gear is arrangedto travel' around on an annular toothed track or rack 19 that is iixedly mounted onf the upper :periphery of an inverted'stationary hollow'out'er cone shaped support 20. The truncated vertex endV of said support is secured rat 21'4 toa hollow'base cone member 22 whose bottom is secured to a bed plate A23".. The'verteXf end portion 24 of said base cone member yprojects into the inverted outer cone support foryreasons presently set forth. An inner conemember25'is adaptedto re-y volve on the vertex end portion ofthe cone member22'with ball bearings 26 interposed therebetween. The shaft 17 is supported by s aid inner'cone memberjin bearings 27'and an upper housing 28' is carried by said member to which it isconnected by means of brackets 29. Side brackets` 30 and a central bracket 31 extend upwardly from said housing in support of the 'pipes 9. A dish shaped bracket 32'r restin'gvfon the inner bearings 27 serves to support the central portion of the upper housing. t

It will now be apparent that the outer cone member or support 2O together with its toothed track 19 andthe base cone member 22 arethe only'stati'onary parts of the machine. All of the other members taken collectively revolve in a horizontal direction around a vertical axis with the ball bearings 26v servingf'as'a lowerl support and the rotary pipe-coupling serving as'an upper support. `At the Sametime the turbine wheels 16, shaft 17 and gear 18 rotate in a vertical direction.

-'be understood.

A flange member 33 that may be integral or fixed to the periphery of the outer cone. support 2O and enveloping` the lower peripheral edge portion of the housing 281serves as a closure between said cone and housing as will A bevel gear 34 keyed to the vcentral portion of the horizontal shaft 17 meshes with a corresponding gear 35 that is fixed to the upper end of a vertical shaft 36.v Said ver-y tical shaft has its upper bearing 3'? inthe vertex portion of thecone member 22 and its lower bearing 38 in the base portion of said cone member. An adjusting nut 39 provides meanswhereby said vertical shaft may be ad justed. l y' The vertical shaft 36 is provided at its lower end portion with a bevel gear 40 that meshes with a similar gear 41 mounted on the inner end of a shaft 42 which-is journaled in bearings 43 and 44 forminganintegral part of the cone member 22. A pulley 45 is keyed to said v shaft from which the power'ofthe vmachine is taken as will be understood. A

number of splash paddles 46, as shown in detail in Fig. 7, are secured to the lower end portion yof the .inner vcone member 25 and travel therewith whereby the oil housed-within the bottom of the outer stationary cone support 2O is thrownupwardly toA lubricate Y the bearing parts of the machine.

In an explanation of the operation and advantages of the machine it must firstV be understood that all of thegears 18', 34, 35, 40 and 41 are of the same circumference and have the same number of teeth. W'hen the power medium strikes the turbine wheels 16,

the shaft 17 is rotated thus causing'the gear l18, which is keyed thereto, to; travel around the toothed track 19 carrying all of the members therewith except the stationary members as hereinbefore set forth.

The circumference of the track 19 is six times the circumference of the gear 18 and has six times as many teeth. Thereforein'one revolution around said track said gear will make six revolutions and, of course, the shaft Y17 and gear 34 will also make sixrevolutions in a vertical plane. But, at the same time, the gear 34 has made an extra revolution in its horizontal movement. This-horizontal revolution of the gear 34 is equally effective as its six vertical revolutions in rotating the gear 35 with which itis in mesh. l

Thus, in every single revolution around the track 19, the gear 84 will cause the gear 35 to ing understood that minor changes may be resorted to in its construction without depart# ing from its scope and spirit, what I clailn and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is s 1.L Apower machine comprisinga turbine driven'shaft arranged to rotate on its axis,

an annular toothed track, a gear fixed t0 an end portion of the shaft and in mesh ywith said toothed track whereby said shaft is `bodily rotated, a bevel gear fixed to thecenwith the track whereby the shaft isbodilyro-pV tated, an inner conical support for the shaft revolubly mounted on the outerconicalI Supak port, a bevel' gear fixed' to the central portion ofthe shaft, said gear inmesh with another bevel gear whereby the axial and bodilyrotation ofthe shaft will cause anextralevolution of the last named bevel gear for each bodily revolution of the shaft, and al train of shafts and gears for theklast namedfhevel gear fordelivery of thepower fromthemachine. y. l u? In testimony whereof I'afix my signature,

` Y RALPH GL-SIMMONS.

gain one revolution, or in other words the lsix revolutions of the gear 34 and so will the pulley 45 whose movement is directly connected therewith. It will know be apparent that a gain in speed and power of the driven elements over the driving elements is accomplished.

' Having thus described my invention, it be- 

